Chism, then 14, raped, robbed, and murdered Colleen Ritzer in a […] Skip to content. All Sections. ... That’s what the family of a Danvers High School math teacher raped and murdered by one ...

Colleen Ritzer was 24, in her second year of teaching at Danvers High School, when she was murdered by a 14-year-old student, Philip Chism. He is serving a life sentence in state prison.

The case of Philip Chism has disturbed many in Massachusetts for more than a decade after the October 2013 killing of his 24-year-old math teacher, Colleen Ritzer.

The family and friends of Colleen Ritzer, a teacher who was raped and killed by one of her teenage students at Danvers High School in 2013, are asking people to perform an act of kindness in her ...

DANVERS — A group of Danvers High School students are campaigning to raise $30,000 for a mural named after slain teacher Colleen Ritzer’s Be Kind Legacy to celebrate her memory.

DANVERS, Mass. -- The family of slain Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer has filed a lawsuit over her 2013 rape and murder inside the Massachusetts school — saying that more than ...

Colleen Ritzer of Andover, who was 24 when she was murdered, always wanted to be a teacher. Courtesy photo Philip Chism stands in handcuffs at a court hearing in 2015.

Jan. 30, 2014— -- Philip Chism, the teen accused of raping and murdering his high school math teacher, ... 15, was arrested for the alleged Oct. 22 murder of Colleen Ritzer, ...

Members of Colleen Ritzer's family sit in court during the arraignment of Phillip Chism, 14, from Danvers, in Salem Superior Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in Salem, Mass. Chism is charged in the ...